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PM Modi envisions Varanasi as the healthcare hub of eastern India

Refers to upcoming cancer hospital in BHU apart from pact between BHU administration and AIIMS for Regional Ophthalmology Centre to buttress his point

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a public meeting, in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi was fast emerging as a regional healthcare hub in eastern India.

Addressing a public meeting at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Modi said while a string of new hospitals in the public and private sectors were coming up in Kashi, and existing medical facilities were being upgraded.

He referred to the upcoming cancer hospital in BHU apart from the agreement between the BHU administration and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the Regional Ophthalmology Centre to buttress his point.

“In the near future, these new medical facilities